Beijing Issues Plan to Deepen Culture, Commerce, Tourism, Sports and Exhibition Integration

The Beijing Municipal People's Government recently issued the Implementation Plan for Expanding and Upgrading Modern Service Industries in Beijing (2026-2030), which explicitly calls for deepening the integrated development of culture, commerce, tourism, sports and exhibitions, and for coordinated development under the framework of "culture leading, commerce transforming, technology empowering, tourism linking, sports driving and exhibitions amplifying." The plan proposes building and operating urban vitality districts such as the Grand Canal waterfront space, the "two parks and one river" waterfront living room, the South Central Axis "future axis" and the Olympic International Reception H…